December 2024

Meeting Misty

While writing the third book in the Dun Cael series, my research involved learning about Iron Age horses. Reading the descriptions of their short stocky legs and shaggy coats reminded me of the ponies on Chincoteague and Assateague Islands on the Virginia/Maryland border. As a young girl, I read Marguerite Henry’s book, Misty of Chincoteague, […]

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O Tannenbaum

Despite the fact that we won’t be at home for Christmas, I wanted to put up a Christmas tree. So, we did. In the old Victorian houses we had, we always found the largest trees possible and filled them with ornaments. We decided to put the tree in front of one of the windows in

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